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While teaching ERP concepts, we always speak of islands of systems and processes with no major integration and leading to inefficiencies.   On one such occasion I was forced to apply similar analogy towards the current generation professionals who are trying to meet increasingly contending demands between Professional and Personal aspects of life.   Our lives are always inclusive of various such islands of partners, systems and processes such as Employer, Banks, Insurance, Schools, Service Providers, Hospitals, Doctors, Grocery & Retail stores, Government agencies etc.,   On the personal side we always try to play a major integration role between all these different entities and get stressed out in the process.  Hence this thought process and blog.

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Posted by Udayakanth Kuppa at 09:55 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

 Using BSP Element Expressions (BEEs) in HCM E-Recruiting:

Introduction:

 I got requirement to add custom fields for Standard HCM E-Recruiting Page, which is totally responsible for particular Infotype . Its can be easy to display custom fields in any standard BSP page, but updating the new custom field in the same Infotype and also to retrieve the same info in different portal BSP page is not a easy task. We should enhance several class methods to implement the same.

 I got an idea to use BEE methods in Class CL_HRRCF_UI_SERVICES .

 Instead of Enhancing class and Layouts we can use the BEEs to do the same with very less effort.

 Benefit:

By using this approach we can save great coding and layout designing effort.

Getting Started:

I am going to add one Drop down BOX in my Candidate-Job Description Standard BSP page.

 

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Posted by Manikandan Nagarajan at 02:25 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Historically functional requirements have remained the key focus of organizations working with enterprise applications such as SAP. However, in their race to meet the functional requirements of business users, many times non-functional requirements (NFR) and usability may take back stage and are not updated.

Business demands for flexibility and responsiveness have always put pressure on IT departments to increase the speed at which new applications are created or changes are implemented. Newer tools (such as Portal, MDM, Composites etc.) and new way of architecting (SOA, Virtualization etc.) the solution are being used by IT for being quick and efficient to support business of the enterprise. Each of these new tools and architecture has their own demands for NFR (performance, availability and security) and usability.

From performance point of view, following four key layers play important role:

• Browser layer
• Network layer
• Application server layer
• Database layer

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Posted by Ashish Tewary at 12:49 AM | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0)

If this is true, then AccAD is your “goto” solution. Positioned as a complimentary offering to SAP Netweaver, SAP’s Accelerated Application delivery (ACCAD), is a standalone application. It can be leveraged as an enabler for SAP's global central system strategy e.g., Central Portal as single central access point for end-users worldwide.

Access via AccAD is significantly fast than direct access over WAN. This is true for limited bandwidth and longer latencies.

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Posted by Senthil Muthuvelu at 03:08 PM | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0)

Business Continuity Plan (BCP) is a proactive plan to develop advance arrangements and procedures that enable an organisation to respond to an interruption in such a manner that critical business functions continue with planned levels of interruption. Most organizations’ BCP processes in practice only remain at a “talk” or “good definition” level and worst some organizations view this as an unutilized asset providing almost no returns to everyday business processes. Especially in  tried economies, some organizations even abandoned their BCP teams due to its non-utilization (or less utilized) and re-directing back them for core processes. More so, other organizations view BCP only as a infrastructure (“hot site”) arrangement.

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Posted by Senthil Muthuvelu at 01:27 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Good morning all. It is a holiday season in India and I am also planning a week off from my work schedule starting today. But before I break, I wanted to put forward my thoughts about this topic that I has been there on my mind all for a long time now. I am an ABAP specialist and has been involved with multiple projects in various capacities over the last 9 years. And one consistent expectation I have experienced in every project is that the every client wants the best of the code to be developed for their system enhancements at the least of the costs and efforts.

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Posted by Satinder Pal Singh at 08:55 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

In the recent past we had multiple interactions with prospects and existing customers on the pricing model for Platform based solutions for "Source to Pay" (managed services).Various stakeholders have expressed opinions which rightly address their concerns but it’s hard to conclude to a single model.

Let me start out with a fundamental argument. What is the objective of an outsourcing engagement? Is it to impact business process from a business requirement standpoint or to impact at transactional level?
In my view a transactional view does not enable a service provider to create any transformational value for clients. Service providers will perform the transactional work as per agreed SLA but will not be in a position to appreciate or contribute larger business goals that client organizations strive for. The transactional view probably provides benefits which are tangible, but are far from business benefits that is the need of the hour.

A pricing model should also reflect the basic premise (transformational v/s transactional) and should use the right metrics accordingly. In the next post I would like to discuss with the audience various pricing models that can be proposed. Till then please feel free to share your views on pricing.

Posted by Nitin Vishwakarma at 05:49 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

With the exponential growth rate of data in enterprise business systems, it becomes billion $ challenge to manage information to meet the legal and business mandates in the increased global economy threat today.

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Posted by Senthil Muthuvelu at 02:44 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Many times the decision to outsource a particular business process is limited to only a few stakeholders. The scenario is very different for a managed services outsourcing. An effective decision making process for platform based outsourcing (managed services model) should involve

1. Business process owners

2. Technology team

3, Finance team.

A process involving all these stakeholders ensures that all aspects like quality of service, business process requirement, technology architecture are addressed at the beginning itself and correct comparison of existing & future costs is achieved. Such a process will ensure that real benefits of the outsourcing engagement are brought out and understood by every stakeholder.

The challenge before many organizations is that seldom do all the key stakeholders get on-boarded from day one. Internal structures also sometimes make it difficult to have a process centric view.

 

Posted by Nitin Vishwakarma at 04:34 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Continuing with the assessment factors; most important consideration for a successful process delivery is a joint consideration of technology and process execution framework. Whether clients outsource or execute the process through a shared service center; it is critical to align technology with business process execution. High levels of operational excellence require technology and process led innovation, and both go hand in hand. This approach allows for the creation of a process design which leverages technology for automation, workflow and integration leading to higher levels of efficiency and effectiveness.

 

Posted by Nitin Vishwakarma at 08:54 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

The value proposition of a managed services model can emerge only through a holistic evaluation. This requires involving all relevant stakeholders addressing all solution elements. The evaluation of managed services needs to focus on process and technology at the same time.

 

 

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Posted by Nitin Vishwakarma at 06:18 AM | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0)

As organizations gain experience from the one to one traditional model, they also realize that there are pro's & cons of the one to one model. On the other hand demand for continuous improvement and higher returns from the existing investments is making them explore managed services model.

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